Forensic Science International Supplement Series
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 22-23 , December 2009

The mystery of shrinking heads

  • B. Reichenpfader

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, Medical University Graz, Universitätsplatz 4, 8010 Graz, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 316 380 4356; fax: +43 316 380 9655.
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  • W. Buzina

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University Graz, Universitätsplatz 4, 8010 Graz, Austria
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  • P. Roll

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, Medical University Graz, Universitätsplatz 4, 8010 Graz, Austria

Received 21 July 2009 ,Accepted 2 August 2009.

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  2. Mutter G, Jivaro Tsantsas . Authentic and forged: a study of two shrunken heads in the Mütter Museum. Trans. Stud. Coll. Phys. Phila. 1975;43:78–82
  3. Post PW, Daniels F. Histological and histochemical examination of American Indian scalps, mummies, and a shrunken head. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 1969;30:269–293
  4. Reichenpfader B, Immel U, Klintschar M. Population data on the AmpFlSTR SGM plus PCR amplification kit in Germans and Austrians. Forensic Sci. Int. 2003;132:84–86

PII: S1875-1741(09)00019-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fsisup.2009.08.006

Forensic Science International Supplement Series
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 22-23 , December 2009

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